Notes on MonoDramas At The New York City Opera

by Paddy Johnson on April 5, 2011 · 3 comments Opinion

"Neither", Music by Morton Feldman. Text by Samuel Beckett. Performed by Cyndia Sieden

Set designer Michael Count gives the impression he’s been deeply influenced by Macy display windows. This sounds like a slight but I actually like this. Everyone on stage looks like a mannequin and is arranged as such, and of course the stage itself has similar dimensions to window displays. The program notes cite “laser pioneer” Hiro Yamagata’s NGC6093 as the source inspiration, which also works.

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Tagged as: Antonin Artaud, Anu Komsi, Arnold Schoenberg, Chagall, Cyndia Sieden, Jennifer Steinkamp, John Zorn, La Machine De L'Etre, Morton Feldman, William Kentridge

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Olen Holm April 6, 2011 at 12:49 am: You said “Duchamp in a dancehall.” nyuk nyuk nyuk
kara April 8, 2011 at 5:14 pm: I think this series is more or less failed. Personally, I love Feldman and his opera set was pretty nice so it was good. But the other two was disappointed ,literally. Specially, though I do love John zorn, his opera was not good!!! at all.
lilwonder April 12, 2011 at 1:39 am: just so you all know–opera singers are never mic’d. that is their voice, and their voice only.